Speed limit changes on Banks Peninsula roads
Some of Banks Peninsula's winding and steep roads will have the speed limit dropped from 100kmh to 60kmh following public consultation.
Click here to see a map showing all the changes.
Speed limits are also changing in Akaroa, dropping to 40kmh in most of the town's roads.
“Akaroa is attracting increasing numbers of daytrippers and holidaymakers so we want to keep vehicle speeds down for safety reasons,’’ Christchurch City Council Transport operations manager Steffan Thomas said.
The new limits come into effect on October 22.
Other speed limit changes include:
- Purau-Port Levy Road reduced from 100kmh to 60kmh, and to 40kmh in the Port Levy settlement.
- Port Levy-Pigeon Bay Road reduced from 100kmh to 60kmh, with speeds of 60kmh or 40kmh within Pigeon Bay.
- Kukupa, near Pigeon Bay, will have a speed reduction from 100kmh to 40kmh.
- Birdlings Flat, Kaitorete Spit, Little River and Okuti Valley will have speed limits of either 60kmh or 40kmh depending on the specific road.
- The Western Valley route, Puaha Valley and Southern Bays roads will reduce from 100kmh to 60kmh.
- In Charteris Bay a 600-metre section of Marine Drive will be lowered from 60kmh to 50kmh.
- In Diamond Harbour a section of Waipapa Ave will be lowered to 30kmh.
Next year, a 40kmh speed limit will be introduced on all streets in Lyttelton, except Norwich Quay/Gladstone Quay, which is part of State Highway 74 and is the responsibility of Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.
Poll: Is the increase in disability parking fines fair?
In October, the fine for parking in a designated mobility car park without a permit has jumped from $150 to $750—a 400% increase!
The goal is to keep these spaces open for those who truly need them. Do you think this big increase in the fine is fair? Share your thoughts below.
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89.2% Yes, it's fair
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10.1% No, it's unreasonable
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0.7% Other - I'll share below
Cyclists forced to use ‘more dangerous’ crossing if cycleway closed
Closing a Christchurch cycleway to avoid an unsafe rail crossing will lead cyclists across an even “more dangerous” crossing, cycling advocates say.
Transport Minister Simeon Brown has weighed in on the issue, calling the move to shut a 1.5km section of the Heathcote Expressway for up to two years, “illogical”. He has asked KiwiRail to explain.
KiwiRail is demanding Christchurch City Council close part of the expressway until $6.5 million worth of safety improvements can be made to the Scruttons Rd rail crossing.
It said the “unsafe” crossing posed the risk of death or serious injury once every thousand years.
What do you do think? Read the full story by reporters Sinead Gill and Tina Law here and tell us what you think in the comments. (A subscription is required, but you can see two free articles a month).
House fire causing road closures
Pages Road is closed this afternoon from Breezes Road, this is due to a house that has caught fire in the area.
Coastal Ward Community Board member, Alex Hewison, shared the closure on a local Facebook page.
Fire and Emergency are at the scene but further details have not been shared at this stage.
Avoid the area where possible.
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